KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON

MANAGING YOUR SECONDARY SCHOOL LIBRARY

BCTLA Conference - Coquitlam, October 2012

Presented by Joanie Proske,

Teacher Librarian, Walnut Grove Secondary School, Langley, BC

Looking for practical or inspiring “I-can-try-this-tomorrow” suggestions to use in your secondary school library?

This wiki contains a few of the things I've learned (yup, usually the hard way) about managing the library's physical space, surviving technology issues, promoting reading, exploring ways to connect and communicate with students and staff - all whilst juggling the hectic demands of a busy secondary school library.

Here's hoping you've just stumbled across a nifty solution to a nagging library problem and you are willing to share this information with fellow teacher librarians in the trenches. Please add your own management ideas and help create this growing digital bomb shelter of creativity.

Maybe you just need a display idea, want to explore a different system for weeding or ordering, or are considering introducing up a student Library Advisory Council this year? Feel free to download, borrow, adapt, and swipe anything that will help make your secondary school library program a success.